§ 14-3 — Powers and duties of commissioner.

The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall enforce the provisions of the statutes concerning motor vehicles and the operators of such vehicles. The commissioner shall administer, coordinate and control the operations of the department and shall be responsible for the overall supervision and direction of all facilities and activities of the department. The commissioner shall have the authority to contract for such services, programs and facilities other than the purchase or lease of real property as may be necessary to carry out the commissioner's responsibilities under and for the orderly administration of this chapter and chapters 247 to 255, inclusive. The commissioner may retain and employ consultants and assistants on a contract or other basis for rendering professional, fiscal, engineering, technical or other assistance and advice. The commissioner may enter into one or more agreements with independent contractors authorizing such contractors to provide programs and services on behalf of the department, provided any such agreement shall specify that the contractor may charge the department's customer a reasonable service fee, as established by the commissioner, from which the contractor shall be compensated. The commissioner shall submit to the Governor an annual report of his official acts, as provided in section 4-60. Said commissioner shall keep a record of proceedings and orders pertaining to the matters under his jurisdiction and of all licenses and certificates granted, refused, suspended or revoked by the commissioner and of all reports sent to the commissioner's office. The commissioner shall furnish without charge, for official use only, certified copies of certificates and licenses and documents relating thereto to officials of the state or any municipality therein, to officials of any other state or to any court in this state. Any certified copy of any document or record of the commissioner, attested as a true copy by the commissioner, any deputy commissioner or chief of a division, shall be competent evidence in any court of this state of the facts therein contained.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 2352; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13; P.A. 73-661, S. 1; P.A. 88-245, S. 2, 7; P.A. 96-180, S. 36, 166; P.A. 11-213, S. 4.) History: P.A. 73-661 expanded duties of commissioner re administration of department, contracts and employment of personnel; P.A. 88-245 made minor change in wording; P.A. 96-180 substituted “The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles” for “Said commissioner”, effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 11-213 authorized commissioner to enter into agreements with independent contractors and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2011. Statute will not provide alternative method of proving prior motor vehicle conviction. 151 C. 213. Commissioner was required to keep a record of previous warnings and violations as related to plaintiff and may act upon facts known to him even though they are not produced at the hearing. 165 C. 559. Cited. 225 C. 499. Cited. 24 CS 364; 36 CS 586; 38 CS 384; 39 CS 381. Cited. 2 Conn. Cir. Ct. 693; 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 112; Id., 586.